Information for Groups

What Habitat can do for your Group

We work with businesses, community groups, family groups, religious groups, student groups, fraternities, athletic teams and just about every other kind of organization you can imagine.  We are a wonderful place for team building because on our builds a CEO and a mailroom clerk are on an even playing field working together to achieve something meaningful.  Most groups walk away from us energized and enthusiastic about each other and the house they have built.  By the end of the day it is always "The house we built!"

What your Group can do for Habitat

Houses cost money.  About $65,000 each.   That averages to about $1,354 per day of construction.  We receive no government funding so without the money to pay for the materials we cannot provide housing for low income families or provide your group an opportunity to volunteer.  Please consider conducting fundraisers in your organization and arriving with a check the day you are going to build.  We would be thrilled to have you as full partners and participants will be all the more enthusiastic as they are now "invested" in Habitat.

The Challenges

When applying to us as a group there are a few things to keep in mind.
1. Our houses are small and we have limited supervision.  We usually cannot safely accommodate groups of more than 10.  We may have to split you up in teams or put you on more than one day.
2. Everyone wants Saturdays.  If your group wants to work on a Saturday you will have lots of competition and it will be hard to schedule you.  If you can take a day off work to help us on a weekday we would me most grateful.
3. Be patient.  We work to please but to keep funds going towards houses we have a very small staff and may take a while to get back to you.  Be persistent, check in regularly but please be kind.  If it's urgent give us a call in addition to emailing.
4. Be flexible.  Construction is unpredictable by nature.  Mostly we don't know exactly what you will be doing until you are doing it.  Materials arriving on time, the weather, the speed of a crew, permits and many other factors affect how a build progresses.

We look forward to working with you!